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Kali_sparks
Hi, this is my first post and thought would be the best place to ask like minded people about our trade.
A feew years ago I made a decision to drop my current job (IT) as work there was slowing down and go train to be an electrician. 3 Years later I have my 2330 and 17th edition along with experince working on and off with different local sparks. I started then doing private jobs and just over a year ago officially went self empolyed.
The 1st year I expected a loss or very little profit but coming into my 2nd year and havent had a peep since december. Funds are running low and life is getting depressing lol so need to do something. But judging by reading other posts that im not the only one, seems like a lot of people are struggling and am starting to belive that the best days of this trade are well behind us now. Good time for a career change? (again for me)
I wanted to look at possibly home automation or solar PV courses and try and get into that, but they cost a lot of money and am in a catch 22 were im not earning money to spend money so am stuck in the same spot.
Do maybe any of you guys now of any free home automation courses or cheap solar PV or possibly any funding for any sort of courses before I become officially unemployed.
Have also considered leaflet drops and so on but am gathering so far that doesnt work for everyone and maybe a cost i cant afford to risk. Tried for other jobs but they want an ECS card, which again is another cost I cant acutally afford at the mo and even if I did get it, wouldnt guarntee me work. Not domestic type jobs I do anyway.
Any tips or advice from some of you guys would really help now as I am down and out and cant see what I need to do to push forward. If I had known it would cost me so much money to be able to work in this job I probably wouldnt have touched the sparky trade, its a rich mans world in this job.
A feew years ago I made a decision to drop my current job (IT) as work there was slowing down and go train to be an electrician. 3 Years later I have my 2330 and 17th edition along with experince working on and off with different local sparks. I started then doing private jobs and just over a year ago officially went self empolyed.
The 1st year I expected a loss or very little profit but coming into my 2nd year and havent had a peep since december. Funds are running low and life is getting depressing lol so need to do something. But judging by reading other posts that im not the only one, seems like a lot of people are struggling and am starting to belive that the best days of this trade are well behind us now. Good time for a career change? (again for me)
I wanted to look at possibly home automation or solar PV courses and try and get into that, but they cost a lot of money and am in a catch 22 were im not earning money to spend money so am stuck in the same spot.
Do maybe any of you guys now of any free home automation courses or cheap solar PV or possibly any funding for any sort of courses before I become officially unemployed.
Have also considered leaflet drops and so on but am gathering so far that doesnt work for everyone and maybe a cost i cant afford to risk. Tried for other jobs but they want an ECS card, which again is another cost I cant acutally afford at the mo and even if I did get it, wouldnt guarntee me work. Not domestic type jobs I do anyway.
Any tips or advice from some of you guys would really help now as I am down and out and cant see what I need to do to push forward. If I had known it would cost me so much money to be able to work in this job I probably wouldnt have touched the sparky trade, its a rich mans world in this job.